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Harris Sponsors Toys for Tots

CHICAGO, Ill., November 12, 2008 - The holidays are fast approaching and at no other time does giving mean more. For the eighth consecutive year Harris is sponsoring The U.S. Marine Corps “Toys for Tots” toy drive.

The toy collections will take place starting November 17 to December 18. All Harris branches in Illinois, and Indiana will be accepting donations, with the exception of limited-service and stand-alone ATM locations.

For more than 60 years the Toys for Tots program, has sought to deliver, through a shiny new toy during the holidays, a message of hope to needy children that will motivate them to grow into responsible members of their communities. Last year, Harris collected over 30,000 toys for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve toy drive.

“This is always one of my favorite charities. The U.S. Marine Corps with Toys for Tots have been delivering a message of hope for generations, and it’s a message I am happy to help deliver as well,” said Yasmin Bates, Executive Vice President, Community Affairs, Harris.

Toys for Tots was launched by Major Bill Hendricks, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and a group of Marine Reservists in Los Angeles in 1947. At the time 5,000 toys were collected and distributed to needy children in the Los Angeles area.

For those who want to help, a new unwrapped toy can be dropped off at the nearest Harris location. For more information regarding Toys for Tots visit
www.toysfortots.org .

Harris has been helping its customers and the communities it serves for generations and has more than 275 full-service locations and more than 630 ATMs in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.

About Harris
Harris is an integrated financial service organization providing more than 1.2 million personal, business and corporate clients with banking, lending, investing and wealth management solutions. The organization is a member of the BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), which also provides corporate and investment banking services in the U.S. under the BMO Capital Markets name. For more information, please visit www.bmocm.com or www.harrisbank.com.

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